Puff up in the oven Crossword Clue

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Puff up in the oven Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. get up and out of bed
2. return from the dead
(noun)
1. an increase in cost
2. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PUFF (verb)
1. suck in or take (air)
2. blow hard and loudly
PUFF (noun)
1. a short light gust of air
2. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
PUFF (adjective)
1. gathered for protruding fullness
OVEN (noun)
1. kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting

Hint 3: Anagram

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